Job 24:13

Yon men are of those that rebel against the light: they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

In Context

12Out of a populous city is groaning heard, and the soul of the deadly wounded crieth out: yet God regardeth it not as an offence.

14With the earliest light riseth the murderer, he slayeth the poor and needy, and in the night he becometh like the thief.

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:20And she arose in the midst of the night, and took my son from beside me, while thy hand-maid slept, and laid him in her bosom, and her dead son she laid in my bosom.

Job 24:16They break into houses in the dark, in the daytime they lock themselves in: they know not the light.

Job 38:15And from the wicked is their light withdrawn, and the high-raised arm is broken.

Matthew Henry on Job 24:2-13

Outward Prosperity of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food… Read the whole commentary →

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